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Meliá follows Iberostar out of Cuba, abandoning 15 hotels ahead of US sanctions deadline
Spanish hotel giant Meliá is immediately ending management and branding services for 15 Cuban resorts, a day after Iberostar pulled out of 12 properties, as a 5 June US deadline to sever ties with a military-run conglomerate approaches.

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Meliá follows Iberostar out of Cuba, abandoning 15 hotels ahead of US sanctions deadline